METHOD FOR JOINING A JOINING PARTNER MADE OF A THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL TO A JOINING PARTNER MADE OF GLASS

摘要

A method for joining a joining partner made of a thermoplastic material to a joining partner made of glass is provided. The method includes providing a thermoplastic joining partner made of a laser-absorbing thermoplastic material, providing a glass joining partner made of a laser-transmissive glass material, placing the thermoplastic joining partner and the glass joining partner on top of each other while applying a joining force to the joining partners, increasing the temperature of the glass joining partner, in particular using a radiation, and emitting a laser processing beam through the glass joining partner onto the boundary surface of the thermoplastic joining partner and into a joining zone, thus causing the thermoplastic joining partner to melt so as to form an adhesive bond between the two joining partners in the joining zone during the cooling thereof.